Jan Griffey, Author at The Vicksburg Post
News
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, R-Vicksburg, outlined his priorities for the upcoming legislative session on Monday. The 2025 Legislative Session convenes at noon on Tuesday. Hosemann ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, January 8, 2025 2:21 pm
News
A Natchez man Thursday morning jumped to his death from an overpass in Vicksburg, said Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten. Patten said the Warren County ...
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by Jan Griffey, Thursday, December 26, 2024 4:37 pm
News
American Queen Voyages suspended its cruises on the lower Mississippi River for the month of February. American Queen Voyages routinely stop in Vicksburg during cruises ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, February 14, 2024 11:22 am
BREAKING NEWS
NATCHEZ — Sammy Patrick, wanted for the death of an elderly Scott County woman and the robbery of a Woodville Subway restaurant, has been captured ...
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by Jan Griffey, Friday, January 5, 2024 11:42 am
News
NATCHEZ — The Mississippi NAACP, in hopes of avoiding any potential litigation, unveiled its proposed map for redistricting Mississippi’s four congressional districts. Earlier this year, ...
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by Jan Griffey, Friday, December 3, 2021 1:46 pm
Local
Inmates at the Warren County Jail will soon be receiving a higher-grade of meals thanks to a new food service agreement likely to be approved ...
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by Jan Griffey, Friday, January 17, 2020 2:37 pm
News
On Jan. 15 this year, we will celebrate the 91st birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He died when he was 39. So, we have ...
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by Jan Griffey, Friday, January 10, 2020 11:31 am
Local
In the primary elections in early August, voters in Warren County’s District 3 were given three choices for the Democratic nomination for the district’s representative ...
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by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, August 27, 2019 10:13 am
Local
With the backwater receding, Eagle Lake residents are starting to return to their properties and begun cleaning flood damage to their homes, Warren County Emergency ...
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by Jan Griffey, Friday, August 9, 2019 7:22 pm
Local
Workers for Socrates Garrett Enterprises Inc. of Jackson began work Wednesday to raze a dilapidated commercial building at 2400 Washington St. that has been a ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, June 12, 2019 8:09 pm
Sports
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Anything that could have gone wrong for Ole Miss did go wrong Monday in Fayetteville. The Rebels dropped game three of the ...
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by Jan Griffey, Monday, June 10, 2019 7:01 pm
Local
A two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Heather Drive and Freetown Road left a young mother injured Sunday afternoon. She was airlifted from Merit Health ...
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by Jan Griffey, Sunday, April 21, 2019 7:52 pm
Local
A bald eagle takes off from its perch near Eagle Lake. Backwater flooding continues in the Eagle Lake area, which was at a level of ...
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by Jan Griffey, Friday, March 15, 2019 2:11 pm
Columnists
If I know anything about Vicksburg, it’s that we love a challenge. Put an obstacle in front of us, and the good, positive, optimistic, hard-working ...
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by Jan Griffey, Saturday, January 12, 2019 7:15 pm
Crime
The city of Vicksburg Animal Control seized nine malnourished and neglected horses on Wednesday from property at 1365 Standard Hill Road. Kacie Lindsey, the city’s ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, January 9, 2019 7:34 pm
Faith
Shortly after the Rev. Andy Andrews began work as dean of the cathedral at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Memphis, that city’s newspaper ran a ...
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by Jan Griffey, Saturday, December 8, 2018 7:00 pm
Local
The Thanksgiving dinner table probably isn’t the place to try to convince your father-in-law his political ideas are bogus. It’s also probably not the best ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 8:00 pm
Columnists
I do not understand the logic of Richard George, president of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, when he claims Warren County has given up $500,000 ...
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by Jan Griffey, Saturday, November 10, 2018 7:00 pm
Columnists
F or years, I have been a part of writing for annual “Pink Editions,” which share stories about the struggle and devastation of breast cancer ...
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by Jan Griffey, Saturday, October 20, 2018 5:57 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
United Way of West Central Mississippi has purchased the second floor of 920 South St. from the Church of the Holy Trinity. The two groups ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, October 10, 2018 8:00 pm
Local
Prominent Vicksburg businessman Joseph M. Bonelli has died. Bonelli, 62, battled cancer valiantly for a number of years, but passed away early this morning at ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, October 10, 2018 10:50 am
BREAKING NEWS
A Vicksburg man was killed early Tuesday morning when his pickup and another pickup collided head-on on Haining Road. The wreck occurred about 7:25 a.m. ...
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by Jan Griffey, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:22 am
Columnists
Vicksburg’s Pearl Carter will be in Washington, D.C., as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, along with volunteers from every Congressional ...
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by Jan Griffey, Saturday, September 1, 2018 6:16 pm
Local
Vicksburg will benefit in a big way from the proceeds of the state’s settlement with British Petroleum, thanks to legislation passed by Mississippi lawmakers on ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, August 29, 2018 7:55 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Vicksburg will benefit in a big way from the proceeds of the state’s settlement with British Petroleum, thanks to legislation passed by Mississippi lawmakers on ...
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by Jan Griffey, Wednesday, August 29, 2018 3:54 pm
Local
Dave Herring, president of Unified Brands, said Friday’s announcement that his company would expand into Vicksburg was the end of a long, three-year journey. “Your ...
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by Jan Griffey, Saturday, August 25, 2018 5:57 pm
Columnists
As a native Mississippian, I knew a little about Mississippi history, the Civil War and Vicksburg’s role in it. After a recent tour through the ...
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by Jan Griffey, Saturday, August 18, 2018 6:52 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Gov. Phil Bryant will be in Vicksburg on Friday, Aug. 24, at 10 a.m. to make an economic development announcement. The announcement is expected to ...
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by Jan Griffey, Thursday, August 16, 2018 3:55 pm
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